News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: CEO of Mobile Aggregation Company Participated in Scheme to Bill Consumers for Fraudulent Text-Messaging Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Over the last year, more than twenty people have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine and money laundering conspiracy centered in Marshalltown, Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Kevin Corriveau, 42, of Nashua, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court today to one count of obstruction of justice in connection with an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley of the District of New Hampshire announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Department of Justice’s new steps in combating violent crime. The Department has selected 27 locations to receive aid in the fight against violent crime. Those locations will receive a total of 40 Assistant U.S. Attorneys, and new violent crime task...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Dec. 11, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 37-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of receipt and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jose Pico pleaded guilty July 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DARCY WEDD, the CEO of a U.S. mobile aggregation company called Mobile Messenger, was convicted after a two-week jury trial on eight counts for his participation in a scheme to charge mobile phone customers millions of dollars in monthly fees for unsolicited, recurring text messages without the customers’ knowledge or consent - a practice known as “auto-subscribing.".
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: MOAB, UT - The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) is joining national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees four days in 2018 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Senate and House Republican tax deal...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: DEC. 15, 2017 - The 2016 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) release includes general statistics, value of products shipments, industry-product analysis and geographic area statistics for 2015 and 2016. The ASM provides data about manufacturing that are crucial to accurate estimates of domestic production...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York (“FBI"), announced that ALI SOOFI, a Canadian-Iranian dual citizen, was sentenced to 32 months in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 37-year-olf former teacher has been charged in a criminal complaint with production of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
Release: SCRANTON, Pa.--More than 40 million passengers and crew will be screened by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers during the winter holiday period, one of the busiest times of the year to fly. TSA is expecting anywhere from 100,000 to 400,000 additional travelers at checkpoints nationwide each day.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A former Attleboro, Mass., police sergeant was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison and ordered remanded immediately into federal custody for attempted receipt of child pornography. Richard F. Woodhead, 54, of South Attleboro, Mass., was arrested in April by Homeland Security Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury in Orlando today found Susan J. Gissy (54, Crystal River) guilty of one count of theft of government funds and two counts of concealing a material fact in connection with the receipt of workers compensation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - An individual who pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography was sentenced yesterday, announced Sandra J. Hairston, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment Thursday against Omar Patron-Valdez, 25, of Santa Fe Springs, charging him with possession of one kilogram or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Defendant Worked at Southeast Washington Elementary School.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that 10 area residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $5.4 million conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
